The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 303 Martian Landscape
A woman with white eyeballs, indistinct pupils, and some ulcers on her cheeks stood in the center of the audition room, and a group of people stood around and even at the door watching with great interest.

"I think it seems pretty good."

"Is the skin too pale?"

"Would it be too much to turn the flesh on the cheek? I can accept it personally, but will the audience think it's too harsh?"

Listening to other people's comments, Chen Jingxing frowned and said, "Open your mouth, open it to the maximum... Make a hideous expression... Mmm... Do it again, walk forward from behind, yes..."

"No, it's still worse, and then change to plan No. [-]!"

Chen Jingxing was very helpless and said to the special effects makeup artist who was even more helpless. What he didn't expect was that "The Walking Dead" encountered a problem in the first step of advancement.

Domestic computer special effects have made rapid progress in recent years. Thanks to the rapid development of the game and film and television industries, there are more and more talents in this field.

But the progress of special effects makeup and film and television props is far behind that of computer special effects. The main reason is that domestic film and television productions do not pay enough attention to this area, and a complete film industry has not yet been established. Talent is quite scarce.

Mo himself had a special effects makeup artist, but none of the other domestic special effects makeup artists he hired could meet Chen Jingxing's requirements. The number of special effects makeup artists who could undertake the special effects makeup work for this project was seriously insufficient.

Zombie makeup is very slow to draw. On average, each ordinary zombie makeup takes 40 minutes to 1 hour. If it is more complicated, it will take longer. When it is really time to shoot, the special effects makeup of ten people will surely It may take more than half a day, so it is necessary to prepare a high-level, skilled enough special effects makeup team with at least ten people.

The zombies in "The Walking Dead" itself originated from the Zombie living dead in Hollywood, so it is more appropriate to hire a Hollywood makeup artist.

But the image of Zombie, which originated from voodoo, has become a common type of plasma film in today's Hollywood, and the development trend is becoming more and more serious, bloody, and disgusting.

The first zombie makeup painted by these special effects makeup artists invited from Hollywood can be called a blood skull, with extremely heavy mouth and bloody flesh.

The needs of Chen Jingxing's improved version of zombies are quite different from the zombie makeup that these special effects makeup artists are familiar with, so it took a long time to adjust and trial and error.

In Chen Jingxing's plan, the zombies that appear in the first season of "The Walking Dead" are basically the most elementary, with white eyes, pale skin, festered bodies, and relatively slow movements. element.

If any concept wants to gain more audiences and become a more popular label, it is very important to keep away from heavy mouth, strong stimulation and blood plasma as much as possible.

Otherwise, it will be reduced to a heavy mouth niche movie just like the zombie-themed movies in Hollywood.

Of course, with the development of the plot, there will be higher-level zombies, faster, stronger and more violent varieties.

From the extremely fast and ferocious zombies in "World War Z" in the previous life, to the gradually dehumanized creepers, drippers, delirium monsters, creepers and other high-level monsters, as well as birds and dogs Zombies evolved from animals.

But one principle is to try to emphasize the deformity and horror of its shape, to show higher strength, speed and health, but to render blood as little as possible, let alone make most audiences feel sick. How to ensure heavy mouth, but also It cannot be reduced to a heavy mouth that can only be accepted by a small audience. The grasp of this degree is the key to truly determining whether "The Walking Dead" will be popular.

Chen Jingxing was still confident in his grasp of the script and the world view, but he needed to figure out how the zombies would actually appear on the screen to the audience.

The special effect makeup of zombies is actually a very important part of this project.

Chen Jingxing couldn't be arbitrary, he could only rely on the images in the successful works that were really widely popular in his previous life memory to correct and adjust a little bit with the special effects makeup artist.

He even mobilized everyone in the company to comment and express their opinions. "The Walking Dead" is destined to have a completely different style from Hollywood's previous zombie films. Among these differences, apart from the world view and sci-fi settings, the most important thing is the image of zombies.

If the expected commercial value can be realized, this drama can even set a model for many audiences who are new to the theme of zombies.

Therefore, the style of the zombie image, especially the finalization of the zombie makeup style needs to be cautious, which is why so many employees of the company come to watch the scene of zombie special actors.

After about a week or so, the image of the zombies was finally finalized. The "Walking Dead" can finally come to an end. After all, the producer and director of this show have already been determined, and the vacant roles, including the male lead The candidate has also been decided, even if he is the producer and producer, he can let it go.

The preparations for Chen Jingxing's own movie shooting were not yet complete.

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"..."Signal: Mirage" has been screened in 6 overseas countries and regions as of June 25, with a total box office of 42 million yuan, and won the weekly box office championship in Singapore, Siam, and South Vietnam. In South Korea, it also achieved the highest weekly box office runner-up results...

Including the domestic box office of 10.74 billion, the global box office of "Signal: Mirage" has exceeded 2.2 million US dollars, ranking No.10 in the global box office rankings in the first half of this year!It is worth noting that there are three domestic films in the top ten, namely "Operation Mekong", "Mermaid" and "Signal: Mirage", two of which were produced by DreamWorks or participated in the production..."

Lei Jiayin, who was sitting next to Chen Jingxing, was stunned by the news broadcast on the car radio.

"When I met Xiao Zhao on the show last year, she was still envious of my box office, saying that her movie resources were mediocre, and this movie caught up directly..."

Lei Jiayin has only three movies released so far, "The Golden Heist", "Signal" and "Embroidered Spring Knife II", with a total domestic box office of more than 16 billion, ranking among the top domestic actors, except In addition, he also took over a crime suspense film after "Gravity", which has not yet been released.

Chen Jingxing said with a smile: "Don't be too nervous, isn't "Gravity" going to be released soon? Then I will fight for the first place for you, and the domestic box office of Huaguo actors will be the first."

"Well, according to the current film market, this number one is probably not close to the box office record, it's all a false name, and it doesn't make any sense."

Lei Jiayin had a look of contempt for these famous brothers, but Chen Jingxing's mention of "Gravity" really caught his heart. After all, he is also the leading actor, and he is still very concerned about this movie, but he still wants to tell a story. Keeping calm, he teased Chen Jingxing: "Director, are you nervous?"

Chen Jingxing is also a bully, how could he be fooled: "What is there to be nervous about? I haven't seen such a big storm? This is already my fifth movie, I'm used to it."

"Don't you want to take back the box office champion in film history?"

"The current champion is "Mekong River", which is also a movie I produced? What do you mean by taking it back?"

"The "Mekong River" must be regarded as director Guo? This is compared to the director. If you count even the production, who can compare with Director Qin of National Film Group?" Lei Jiayin insisted.

"You just have to get a number from me? Am I a prophet?" Chen Jingxing pondered for a moment, then said, "Well, let me predict that after "The Martian" is released, you will become the first president in China. How satisfied are you with an actor whose box office has exceeded tens of billions?"

Ten billion?Lei Jiayin's eyes brightened. If his current box office is counted in overseas markets, it would be 20 billion RMB, which is 80 billion RMB short...

Even with the continuous expansion of the domestic box office in recent years, this figure is almost astronomical.

Chen Jingxing interrupted Lei Jiayin's reverie: "Okay, here we are, it will be your home in the next few months, hurry up and take a look."

"Tch, it doesn't sound like you're talking about your family."

The car was parked on the side of the road, and there were strange-shaped mounds everywhere. The side walls of the mounds were steep, and the feet were all dry and cracked loess. There was no grass on the loess, and the surrounding area was dead silent. Under the evening sun, it appeared orange or even red. .

People can't help but want to pinch their own face with their hands, otherwise they won't dare to believe that everything they see in front of them is real, and it feels like it doesn't look like the scenery that can appear on the earth.

And it is true that the scenery here is not on the earth.

Although "The Martian" and "Gravity" are both space science fiction movies, the production methods are quite different.

"Gravity" is almost all CG except for the actors themselves. It is technically sound to say that this is an animated feature film.

And "The Martian" except for the scenes involving space, other parts are all real shots, even the life of the hero on Mars is also real shots, including the location, of course, the material must be post-production with computer special effects Made and processed.

The original movie is a desert in the Middle East, which has a very alien feel and is similar to the real Martian landform. After post-production, it is completely Martian landform.

Originally, Chen Jingxing's plan was to find a desert abroad, but unexpectedly, the expert consultant of the space agency strongly suggested that Chen Jingxing choose a domestic landscape for shooting.

It's in Xijiang, next to Devil City.

The domestic Mars exploration program has been launched, and the Mars rovers to be launched in the future will undergo adaptation training. This place is the preferred test site for several experts from the space agency, because the terrain is similar to Mars.

After sending people on the spot to explore and taking a lot of videos and photos, both Chen Jingxing and the space agency consultants agreed that it was really suitable.

After obtaining the consent of the local government, DreamWorks and China Film Group sent people here to set up facilities such as studios and accommodation.

(End of this chapter)